My vision for the future is that we can have less of a negative connotation towards the human microbiome and “getting dirty”. Today in class we touched on so many valuable points regarding gut health microbiome and being introduced to playing in the soil or with animals at a young age. Additionally we also talked about faecal matter transplants and eating poo. However, when talking about these we kind of ended off saying that there is a lot of ambiguity in regards to rate of success and helping with depression, etc. While I do agree that maybe in these cases, a faecal matter transplant is a bit of a stretch to help combat these issues, there are some super interesting and valuable clinical applications of restructuring poor gut health with the aid of faecal matter transplants. For example, in the study I have linked below, researchers find that faecal matter transplants can significantly repair the extremely damaged guts of opioid users. I hope that as a society we can value these findings and not doubt, but rather persist
with research to further the application of faecal matter transplants and “eating poo” as these can be super valuable when applying to the bigger picture (for example those who suffer from the opioid crisis). #EatPoo #HumanMicrobiome #GutHealth #UnleashValues
Link to study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76570-9
Hey Hunter! What an interesting post! I would be super interested in hearing how you heard about this novel research!